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Clearfield, Pa.
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Clearfield, Pa.
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ATTO bsry at law,
Clearfield, Pa.
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;OHN H. FULFORD,
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Cleariield, Pa.
a Market St., ever Joseph Showers'
(017 store. Jon. 3, 1871.
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. McCULLOUGH & BROTHER,
ATTORN BYH AT LAW,
' Clearfield. Pa.
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i of Rieseea A Bro'e largest Ore and bur
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Clearfield, Pa.
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JOHN L. CUTTLE,
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leal Estate Ageut. Clearfield, Pa.
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usually kept in a retail store, whieh will he sold,
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Frenchvllle, June 11, looi-iy.
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CHARLES SCHAFER,
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Clearfield, Pa.
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hopes by strict attention to business and
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to receive the patronage of all the old and many
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JAMES CLEARY,
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SECOND STREET,
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REUBEN HACKMAN,
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Cleariield, Pcnu'a.
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HENRY RIBLING,
HOl'Sfl, F1GN A ORNAMENTAL PAINTI'K
Cleariield, Peun'a
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other public bntldings will receive particular
attention, as well si the painting or carriages ana
sleight. Gilding done in the neatest styles. All
work warranted. 8 hop on Fourth street, formerly
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NKAIl CLEARFIELD, PKNN'A.
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on short notleo. ri'nes hored on ronmnevtht
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IIOM'EOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
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April 21, 171. Clcrirtleid, Pa.
H. F. N AUGLE,
WATCH MAKER & JEWELER
and dealer In '
Watches, Clucks, Jewelry, Silver
nnil Dated Ware, &c, 1
Jollt'72 CLEARFIELD, PA.,
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RESTAURANT,
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Candies, Nuts, Crackers, Cekee, Cigars, Tobacco,
Canned Fruits, Oranges, Lemons, and all kind,
of frait In season.
MILLIARD BOOM on second rlcmr.
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Miss E. A. P. Rynder,
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Bmitn s, Mason Hamlin's ana rewanei a
Organs and Melodaone, and Uraver A ;
Baker's Sewlnf Maohlneo.
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FIELD
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, PA.
WEDNESDAY MOKMNQ, AUc3U6T28, 17J.
CARRY THE NEWS TO HIRAM.
Freedom ' battle'i now begun,
Carry the newt to II tram I
Half the work'l alretdy done,
Carry the newt to liiram 1
Krory mother'i bnoett ion.
From Plymouth Rook to Oregon, '
11 ni backoled the Greeley armor on,
Can; the new to II Iran J
W hear orraptlon'i dying groan ) -
M Carry the newt to Hiram 1
Wo hear the carpet-bagger'! moanif
Carry the newt to Hiram !
We hear America'i loud voloo.
Saying, "Horace la my ehttdren'i ebolo(
I want no Grant nor gift" Hejoioe 1
Hut carry the newi to liiram I
Old Farmer Iloraoe hae an aie,
Carry the newi to Hiram 1
lie lopi the limbs with mighty whacki,
Carry be newi to Hiram I
Oh, Hiram Ham UlyatM Grant,
Once yon eon Id but now yon can't.
Then let your uncle and yonr annt
Carry the newi to Hiram I
Gift-taking candidate! don't pay,
Carry the newi to Hiram 1
For honest men the most make way,
Carry the news to Hiram I
Had Ulysses Grant been wise in time.
Had be nut winked at fraud and crime.
He need not bear this tmibfnl rhyme,
Carry the news to 11 tram I
Speech of Hon. Wm. A. Wallace,
At Qeeeneburg, Penn., Mondey, Augu.1 10, 1872.
Men or Westmoreland; I coma to
Vou to niirltt to trivo to you ns I would
lo tue ptiopio ol my own tmirict iiio
reasons Unit impel mo to the support
of the principles and the candidates
of the Baltimore convention and to
learn here in tho Star of the. West
whether tho pulses of tho Democrutio
heart throb aa do mine in earnest
sympathy with and cordial support ol
iiio ticket nominated ut Reudini;.
The preservation and porpotuity of
that complex and mngniticont form of
government winch is embodied in the
Constitution ot tho United elates, and
through and under which tho rights
of the people, the rights of the Stales
and the duties of tho federal govern
ment ore protected and defined huve
over been the leading ideas of that vast
body of men horotoliiro and now
known as tho Democrutio party. A
strict construction of thu federal con
stitution, the possession by the State
governments ol every governmental
function not granted by express words
or necessary implication to.lhe ledera
government: the rights of the people
paramount over all, ana tnetr protee
lion the guiding star in construction
ofeveryranlcd or implied power, have
been and are now tho very essence ol
1 1, i.,1.1. ,.I i...-.ra .is thr."..-. mi!
of tho voters of the republic. W lion
their representatives wielded the pow
er and dircclod tho onorgies of the ro
public it was in strict accordance Willi
Iheso principles, and when their an
tagonists assumed control and experi
mented upon tho reversal of these
cardinal tenets, their ejection from
lower and Irom place soon followed.
iVhen the civil war seemed to shake
to its very foundation tho government
al structure, these wore -tho rallying
cries with which the Democracy of tue
north yielding cordial support to tho
government, gathered iho true men
of the republic for iho protection and
preservation ol the groat principles ol
Ireo government, and these were the
magnets that attracted the lovo, the
respect and the earnest devotion of
the millions ot men, who, during a do-
cade of opprobrium and calumny have
followed the nag and shared the tor
tunes of the Democratic party. The
presevation of the principles ot tree
government and tho maintenace in
violate of the rights of tho Slatos,
within their just sphere, wero the ob
jcots to which our organisation was
dodicated, and robed in the panoply
Of these great purposes it has compel
led the respect of itsadvorsarles,it bus
kept alive the spirit of liberty, and it
to day presents itself living, progres
sive, conquering. For the advance
ment of theso great ends it now shows
to Iho world its abnegution of sol!', its
ability to grusp with vigor the oppor
tunities of thu present, and its fitness
to deul with tho grave questions of
the immediate future. Its enemies
have oil on alleged its death ; they now
assert its decease and burial, but if it
ever was mortal it now demonstrate
its immortality by its accepttinco of
Iho inluaion ol a now element that
shall reinvigsrnte its frame and quick
en Ihn pulses nf iU Ixmnnnrlnnn liowur.
As in the days when tho purer parts
of tho old whig organization tamo lo
our aid in support of the articles of
our faith, so now the purest element,
the very brain and marrow of tho Re
publican organisation, accepts our
doctrines, and unitos with us fur tho
attainment of our leading ohjocls.
1 want no moro complcto enuncia
tion of the political faith to which I
have nlwaysyiulded asset than I find
in the words of the t'iiiciiiliuli-Dulli-
moro platform s
"Tho public wclfuro require! tho su
premacy uf the civil over iho military
authority and Irocdom ol person under
tho protection of the hnbea formA
We demand tor tho individual tho
Jurgest liberty consistent with public
order, tor the btatsj Sell government
and tor tho nation a return to the
methodsof iicucu and tho constitution
al limitations of powor."
And in the wolds ol the candidate
for President, in his letter of accep
tanco: , . .
"That, subject to our solemn con
stitutional obligations to maintain the
euuul rights ol all citicens our policy
should aim at local self government
and not al centralisation i that the
civil authority should be supremo ovor
the military; llatt tho writ of habeat
eorpui should be jealously uphold as
tho snfcgnsrd of peraoiial freedom ;
;.! l I.I
tiiuw tue iiiuiviuuiu citizen biiuihu isi-
iov the largest liberty consistent with
ptiblio order, and that there shall be
no federal subversion of the Internal
polity of the several States and muni
cipalities, but thtt each shall be left
free to anion tho rights and promote
jibe well belog pf ita Inhabitants by
such means as the judgment of lis own
people shall prescribe. .
Theso are the very words of our
anoiont political dogmas ; they are
the lormulus in which tbo youlb ol
Democracy have ever been instructed,
and they sro all that Is vitul to tho
proper administration ot too govern
ment. They cover and embraoe tho
whole scope and purpose of our search
for power, and thoir just application
will perpotuate the institutions ot our
conntry and will restoro prosperity
and happiness to tho whole people.
Woo will not look with pride upon tho
macnifloent spectacle that is presented
in the cordial unity of the beet men of
the nation lor the restoration ol an
era of official purity, and the safety of
the cardinal principles ol Ireo govern
ment. The bomocratio party cannot
die whilst the Constitution lives. In
tho cordial ncccptnnco of its loading
doctrinos by the liberal Republicans
and in its own capacity to elovate
itself to the plane of perfect solf denial
lor the good of tho wholo people it
gives most glorious tokens of ita vital
ity, its enorgy and its enduring exis
tence. What manors it that the man
of tho hour has not been of us in the
past? Men aro nothing principles
uro everything. Candidates are tho
ephemeral creations of the present
need, whilst itioas mat are vital, are
lasting and permanent. Candidates
may conio to administer, but lucas
triumphant invariably govern. J(e
form in Ibo administration oi tbo gov
ernment, tho advancement of the
rights of tho htatos and the protection
of those of tho peoplo are tho ideas
that are to triumph, and no wuo rep
resents thorn will bo powerless to pre
vent their full recognition.
.Nor can it be justly said that any
wish lo prevent tho practical results
that will flow from their triumph is
chargeable to Greeley. He has ever
boon an advocate ot omcial purity
and has manfully advocated the doc
trines of amnesty and reconciliation.
These cover the whole ground j they
imply the withdrawal of fedorul inter
ference from tho enforced control of
Southern Stules and the full permission
lor tbo people there to govern them-
solves. The triumph of these Ideas
will end the rule ot carpol bag atlvon
Hirers from Pennsylvania and the north,
will stop tho shameful squandering
ol tho puoplos money in every south
ern Stulo and will speedily pruco their
industries, both manufacturing and
agricultural, upon a firm and substitn
liul basis. Contrast tbo situation of
South Carolina with that of Virginia
today; both went into rebellion; in
the loriner aro lound carpet-bag gov
ornmenl, onorinous dobt, grinding lax
ation and insecurity ol person and
property, from tho conduct of lawless,
misL'tiided and oppressed men. Thore
tho lederal governmxni- upholds and
maintains its almost arbitrary power,
and the paternal rulo of a conlraiizod
government perpetuates Iniquity and
goads tho people well nign to inuunoss.
In tho lutlor, since the war, the peo
pie bave gorverned themselves in thoir
own way, wituuuo aiiici it-ruueo n vu
federal deilation or carpol bag patri
ots, and the industries ol the common
wealth resume their busy courso, thoir
government is jtiBtly and economically
aaministcreci, ana ivu jviux urgunizu
lions and iulestino disorders are un
heard of. To practicully apply the
Democratic adage, "tlint poople ii besl
governed which is least governed," lo
the existing condition ol the southern
Slates, is the plain pathway to their
recovery from the evils that now aftlict
them, and In its application we nnd
the triumph of the ideas of local self
irovornment and of official purity.
Those are the essential questions of
the living presonl; these are and ever
have been our prominent ideas. The
past is behind us, tho future is ou
own if wo be but wise enough to grasp
it.
I am not bore to sign ptvans lo tho
chosen candidate of the Democracy.
but I am bore to appeal to your reason
and yaur judgment in bchitll ot your
own tirincinlea and of iho liublic fmid,
, v ,
1 am koro to anc you to see ana luei
as I do that success in this contest
brings bucitss to your principles nnd
your organization and gives lo ine ro
publio lusting peace n mi goou govern
ment. No party can stand in the way
ot tho publio good, tow cun eleval
themselves lo tho higlit ot sell ucniu
and patient toil to accomplish that ro
suit, and I seek to show to you th
magnanimity of that grand orgamza
lion in whose scrvica nnd in support
of whoso doctrines wo have spent ou
lives, from tho stuud point ol its pros
cut attitude.
As lo Iho candidate for President II
sufllci'S mo lo know that ho is thai
oundidato, chosen by the represents
lives of the nomocracy in porlcct so
cord with the rules and usages of the
organisation, Ihntlhe convention that
named hltn was lormnlly and regularly
constituted, that he was selected Willi
out dissension, thai ho is n man of in
tegrity ol claraclor and honesty ot
purpose, whose past lilo is n guaranty
that ho will f it l ti l his piot'gcs, tnnt n
frankly accepts nnd recognizes lb
tenets ol my own liuth ns tho rule ot
his ofllviul action, and that wilh bim
alone can i nsve any assurance
success. In his antagonism to lb
Democracy, I myself, when earnestly
pcrlorming the labor which fell to my
lot as llio vniciai ucuu oi ine oignoo.ii
lion in my native Stulo huve received
most unmerited abuse and boen tho
victim ol muliennnt misrepresentation
from Iho paper wilh which ho has
long boen connected. Yet, "these aro
faults of manner nnd of temper whic
whon mendod are always pardoned
and I will not permit my judgment to
be disturbed by considerations so in
ning as these.
, I do not claim tho honor of boing nn
original Greeley num. My convic
lions were that both the Cincinnati
nd Baltimore conventions conld hat
done boiler in their choico ot men
but I was an early advocate of the
poller of uniting all ot the elements t
opposition to the present corrupt ad
ministrations.' t believed tbal thai
union Could best be effected upon some
other name than the one wo now
have, but when the vast majority ol
the convention voinlod out tbe path
of unity, and forgetful of past differ
ences, of personal aims and of tbo
laims of our own truo men, docrecd
tbo acceptance of the Cincinnati plat
form and candidates and thus gave
the highest proof that political orga-
nizntiuu nas ever given oi ua jiuinub-
ism, magnanimity and earnest devo
tion to lis principles, It was not for
mo to place my judgment, my prcju
dices or my convictions above the
judgment and convictions of as pure
and patriotic abody of men as ever
assembled, i yielded at once to tho
meant selected by thorn for the accom
plishment of the great ends we all
eawtiMly aek Tho means are but
secondary. Unity lor the attainment
of our great objects is the essential
thing. The only powor that you and
recognize aa vested with llio right
to speak has settled that the support
of Horace G roe ley for President and
the adoption of the Cincinnati plat
form are tho means to make effective
tho unity of the forces whose mission
is tho overthrow of publio corruption
and nial administration, l.bo move
ment at Cincinnati was one essentially
Republican. It bad no elomcnt of
Democracy within it. It was cuirccd
from honest Republicans by their
isgust at the greed and nepotism, tlx
personal government and corruption
that surrounded an administration
they themselves had helped to creato.
The fear that tho principles of
constitutional liberty wonld be snb-
verted by tho very forces to which
they had gtvon vitality and strongin
com polled them as honest men to
rutso their voices and exert their in
fluonco against the impending infamy
A Republican movemont in its incep
tion, its progress nnd development
gavo earnest of powor and elicited
evidences of cordial approval among
the masses ot thoir organization, until
it culminated al Cincinnati in the
division of the Republican party and
the nomination by Republicans of
Horace Greeley as a candidate of
Republicans against Grant tho Ucpub
lican President they themselves hod
elected. They sought a union wilh
ustoassuro their purposo, to stem the
lide ol corruption, to advance the
standard of reform. They proclaimed
their earnest desire tor peace, fur
reconciliation, for a return to the
paths ol ollicial purity and of consti
tutional liborty. Placing themselves
squarely upon our leading doctrines
they recognized existing realities as
accomplished fuels, and extended to
us llio invitation lo unite wnn mem
in thoir great purposes, li t con id
not doubt their earnestness and their
integrity, for tbo lite long record ol
men like Sohurs and Irumbull assured
us of both, and we would bo recroant
to our patriotic instincts If wo did not
sink our pcrsonul prejudices in the
acceptance ol the proffered band whon
t alone guc token ot Iho accomplish
ment of the ends we sought.
Republicans thcmsoivcs Bee from
the degeneracy of their own officials
and their corrupted organization and
seek alliance wilh us for tho advance
ment of our ohjocls upon the common
bond of the publio good. It would bo
worse than suicidal to rctuso to wcl
come them. When men like Black
and Sumner, Hendricks and Schurz
Seymour and Trumbull, sinking all
minor ditferoncos in llio necessities of
tho hour, unito to confront a common
danger, pulnotf cver3'whero should
promptly cioso me rutins ana go lor-
ward with unoroncn array.
Radical newspapers, with that sin
gular consistency which often charac-
lorizos loom, anu Jtauicsi orators
whose voices bavo ofton boon raised
in abuse Of myself, now call me to the
witness Stand in behull of Uonoral
Ilartranfl, and are somowhal fulsomo
in thoir ndorsotnont of my publio
carosr and otllctnl position. I am
much ni to accustomed to their abuse
than thoir praiso. Encomiums from
Rudical papers and orators are novel
sensations tor me, and 1 bave no doubt
tho role is somewhat a novel ono to
them.
It is qritlo refreshing to nnd in par
allel columns of Iho same Radical
sheet on articlo laudatory of mysolf
for my I fi plied and assumed endorse
ment of Hartranft and in tho olhor an
articlo t
eoming wilh bitter and un
founded anriisan charges against both
Mr. Hue
It is c
alew and myself.
Inrged that I assented to and
voted for
tho bill extending tho ollicial
lorm of ti
onoral Uitrtraull us Auditor
1 neither voted for nor as-
General.
sonled ti
it. It was passed on a
Mondayt night notoriously the hour
at which nil snakes in legislutivo cir
clos are brought forth and was
passed through tho Senute in tho
absence of both Mr. Huckalow and
myself. He was absent in attendance
on his duties on the McClure Gray
committee and 1 was at my home al
court. If I had been present I would
have voted against it, (or I havo al
ways spoken and votod against tho
policy of extending the official torm
ol any incumbent ot an electivo office.
1 havo always regarded it as a wrong
upon tho people and truitful of corrupt
and demoralizing tendencies.
' II is assumed nnd charged that tbo
com luding paragraphs of the report
ol the Kvans aommiltao woro Intended
to nnd actually do exculpate und ac
quit, Generul Hurtianlt Irom all ten
sum in regard to that itilamous trans
action- It is to be remombored that
Iho Evans commillco wus charged by
the Senate with two apooitlo duties
untler separato resolution introduced
and passed at different times. The
first and principal duty enjoined was
to inquire Into the tacts attending mo
settlement and collection or war
Claims by Geomo O. Kvans, This
dul Commenced January 2H, 172.
On the 2ilth day of February follow
ing, tho Senate reforrod to that oom
mittee a certain resolution in reference
to a communication in tho Now York
Tribune with direction to enquire into
the : truth or falsity of tho charges
made therein. Those duties were
separately pursued and all of tho last
clause of the roporls of the commitleo
has exoiMuve rnreronce to ine auty
enjoined by tho last named resolution.
Our investigation, proved thai-this
communication was the production of
Evans or soma ooe of his friends, anj
REPBBLMN
that Ibo speciQo charges therein mado
against llartranft and Mackey were
not true.
The commitleo was fully satisfied
that that communication was intend
ed as a foil to the ponding investiga-
- .1 ! ....
MOO aim we guru iv uui, iruiiuu; in
spect. '
The duty enjoined by the first and
principal resolution was pursued by
us all earnestly, and I am sure con
scientiously. In penning the report
a duty I sought to avoid I gave the
fuels elicited as succinctly as 1 could,
and drew tho conclusions 1 (loomed
warranted thereby. 1 reud it first to
the cumrniltoe,, lull .exooptv General
Wliilo, and a second lime to iho full
committee. It was approved and
nrinted and then signod by all. I cun
spoak for but myself as to any at
tompt to intorpret llio language used
otherwise than in accordance witb its
plain meaning. When 1 said:
"Your committee bavo not lungunge
sufficiently strong to express their
disapprobation of so bold an outrage,
or fitting terms in which to character
ize those in omcial position wno sock
to paliate or excuse the wrong. Evans
collected SI84.15S 84 and retains tho
whole.- State officials knew this fact
for three years before it became pub
ic, and Iho neglect to report ine
transaction to tho Legislature is ra
carded bv us ns a gross dereliction ol
official duly. They cannot but cx
Dross thoir disapprobation - of the
looseness of official routine thut placed
in tho hands ol r.vans over a million
of dollars of valuable nssots without
requiring from bim any security
whatever
I mean precisely what llio language
plainly imports. Tho transaction was
regarded by us all as so glaring an
infamy that wo sought to exculpate
none, i noro were Bins ooin oi omis
sion and of commission and both re
ceived all the condemnation it was
possible for us to give consistent with
Iho tacts ascertained.
"In expressing our disapprobation
ofloosonoss of official routine" surely
no ono dreamed that laxity in the ex
ecutive office whore the assets were
not filed was tbo thing condemned
Tbo assets to tho full value of a mil
ion were in tho office of the Auditor
Goncral, and their passogo therefrom
into tho bands of Evans without so
curity was "the looseness of official
routine thai was in my minil when
I drow and signed the report. No
one of tho cominittoo, oilher then or
sinco, has expressed any opinion ap
proving the act ot the Auditor Gener
al in this respect.
From the introduction of the two
resolutions, the separate inquiries into
each, the plain lunguago of the report
itself in this regard, and the tacts
proved and added to the report, it is
apparent that the concluding para
graph of the report has exclusive
rafarenoe to the Tribune communica
tion and its charges.
JJolh the written and the unwritten
history of this transaction cry aloud
for reform in the administration of
the Slate government, and none who
know tho inner workings ol the ma
chinery Ihoreof but will earnestly
pray lor a cbango of policy, a change
of officials and a chango of ollicial
routine
' Letter from Ei-Qot. Bigler.
Clearfield, Pa., Aug. 10th, 1972.
Uon. S. J. Randall,
Mr Pear Sir: In reply to your
letter of 10th instant, touching the
current political enmpuign, I have to
say, that I fear I shall not bo able to
take much purt in the discussions;
and vol looking out upon a struggle
in which an utile nnd useful publio
man, like Mr. Iiuckulcw, is standing
up against unjust assaults, marked by
singular malignity, I can see how dif
ficult it will bo to romnin silent. The
spirit will become very willing, though
the flesh may remain weak,
it is not my intention to enter upon
any general discussion of tho (iulier
national question, nor of State affairs.
The publio career of Mr. Uuckalow
abundantly attests that ho is the right
man to moot the present needs of tho
State. Honest, able and pure, with
plenty of courage and self reliance, he
is peculiarly fitted to resist nnd ovor
throw tho corrupt practices, in mut
ton of legislation, that bavo assumed
such alarming proportions at Iho seal
of Government. , lie can neither bo
Bed need nor intimidated And will be
certain to stand tip lor tho right,
against improper influences, however
imposing or potential. II elected,
predict that his dischurgo ol Iho duties
will refect honor upon even thut high
station, and become a source of prido
and delight to all who may enst their
votos lor htm. Had ho been oovor-
nor the Evans fraud had never occur
red, '"' '
Protection lo tho Troastiry snd re
sistance to corrupt legislation are now
tho Croat duties of the Executive, and
surely no ono will be hardy enough to
claim that Gen. llartranft, with his
bad schooling and bad surroundings
and moderuto abilities, is the equal of
Mr. liueknlew in such a work.
As lo llio attempts to impair the
reputation ol Jlr. ltiickalow asn laitli
fui friend of tho Union and Iho Gov
ernment, they will fall harmless and
may bo treated with eilonl scorn.
' Mr. Hartley, our candiduto for An
dilor General, has liovor boon tosted
in publiu placo, and as lo bim, wo
must rely upon his good name as a
citizen ana his Known aucoinpnsii
tnonls for Iho placo. ''
But the Radical candtdato, Mr. Al
len, has exercised publio trust, and
has been weighed in the biilniieo and
found wanting. I pass by all thai
has been suid about him as a loading
man, in R bad ring al llarrisburg, and
titko only what bis neighbor, Mr. Ellis,
anil others testify about him, lo wit:
That he did to thorn, when a member
of the legislature himself, suggest tho
use ol money lo loDuanco legislation
and instructed tliom bow to apply it ;
not only this, but Mr. Ellis shows, in
addition, that Mr. Allen caused money
td be led at llarrisburg fur his rtse, to
proront certain legislation thut bad
previously passed, and refused to
return lb money wbop - detect
ed In tbo fraud. 1 havo no com
ment to offer on case so shocking,
oxcept lo remark that with this pic
turo before ua we should not think it
singular that a closo observer, liko Col.
Forney, should Insist that the Kadical
State ticket cannot be elected.
Should '.he people of Pennsylvania
elect llarlranlt and Allen over lluck-
alew-and Hartley, there would re
main, no longer, any incentive to
coming men In our btate to aspire to
public irust through a lite ol integrity
and nuritv. -Tho chance of the po
litical leper would thou seem to be
more than equal lo those o! ho ot rep
utation while A snow,. . '. . . . . .
As to national polities roa know
that I bave long desired tho coining
together of conservative men ot all
sections nnd parties, on sound pirn
ciples, to bury forever and as deep as
practicable, the nulionul dissensions
and animosities; and 1 rejoico that
Ibo movement to thai end is so bright
und full of promise: lor I think I
know thut whilst it wussuggostod by
some ovunls that wero to me unpleas
ant, it has Us foundation in pure nnd
patriotic motives and purposoa, aim
ing only to promote tho future woll
buinc ot our common country. Ana
I, therefore, welcome this coming to
gotber of men of the North, the South,
tho tast and me west, irrespective ol
past differences, on the principles and
lor Iho purposes of me Cincinnati
Plulform. f or do the frivolous jeers
of tbo lludicals, about Democrats vo
ting for ono who hud so long resisted
them, trouble me in tho leust. 1 al
ways ' thought Iho Democratic party
possessed a larger sbargo of christian
charity, and unsethah devotion to
country, than was usual in political
orgauizulione. And 1 honor and love
that noblo organization all the moro
since it has shown lis ability, in an
exigonccy involving tbe highest Inter
est of all, to put away the dead past
with its prejudices and animosities,
and take up the work needful for iho
present and luluro; and in approach
Ing that work lo manifest its aiucorily
by joining hands, in a spirit of true
fellowship, with all men who may do
siro to participate iu it, though they
may bavo been strangers neretoioro
Our Fathers mado a union of equal
States, wilh the right in each to bavo
slavery or not, as it might choose.
Somo embraced and otnors rejected
it, and out ot this difference of state
institutions arose sectional dissonisons
and criminations about tho rendition
of fugitive slaves; the exluusion of
slavery into the common territory and
about the moral and political status of
th. institution ot slavery, which cul
minated in a gigantic civil war.
That war ceased more than seven
years auo, and the controversies ou
of which it sprang have mainly passed
away, and passed away lorever. Sla
very has been abolishod ; tbe status
ot the colored man has been advanced
by amendments to tbe Constitution,
snd tbo doctrine of secession bus gone
down never to riso again.
Jt has romuinod to men in authority
sinco the war to dual with us evil
effects or legacies, and for this work
they have shown themselves eminently
incompetent. So lur from mitigating
them, they have magnified ihem ;
their own acts and policy becoming
tho most alarming part of the disorder.
Theso evils havo shown themselves
In the form of Ibe wildest extravagance
in Mis use ot tho publio money : in the
abuse of official authority, amounting
in sotno instances, on the part ot the
Executive and Congress, to flagrant
n roads upon the constitution; ana
also in alarming attempts to extend
foderal rule lo the Uomoslio affairs of
States ; undor the auspices ot which
measures, the impoverished Stales
were overrun by a cluss of hungry and
greedy adventurer, hnrrasstng the
people and eating out thoir snbsianco,
and who.wben resisted in their wrongs,
would raise tho bowl ot insubordina
tion against tho wliolo South, liul
above all, in harmful influenco upon
tbo peace of the country, stands the
praclico of tbe Radicals of rekindling
the prejudices, passions and hulej ot
tho w ar, by magnifying tho stories of
carpot-baggcr in llio South, and
then turning theso passions to parti-
zan account al current elections.
. Thoughtful men have studied this
picture wilb alurin. A I the end of
seven years the wounds of iho war
seems as fresh as over, and experience
tells us that under such constant
agravulion as they nro now subjected
lo, they will never heul : tbey will be
festering sores in tho remote future,
leaving source a hope tor fraternity
aiiioiiK'st thoso who aro to come alter.
To arrest this growing nnd alarming
disease on the body politio, anu apply
the true remedy, is one of tho noblost
purposes of the coming together, irom
all sections, of men who borololoro
differed. This is clasping hands over
the bloody chasm. We wunl our
childron in discussing elections to have
some other topic than A past war
amongst thomaelvus, and until this be
accomplished, true brotherly affection
will novor abound amongst thorn
1 know that it strikes the minds of
some as passing Strango, that those
who used lo own slaves should join
hands wilh thoso who din all they
could to abolish slavery that men
who were in the insurrection should
unito with those who, sword in hand,
helped to put it down : that those
who labored to elevate the status of
thu colored race should join with those
who earnestly resisted those mess
ures. Hut tboso who aro so exercised
must notice that' the essence and vir
tue of this movement, consists In for
gelling thoso things which are behind
and reaching forth anto thoso things
which are before. This is part of thu
remedy the disouso rotiuires.
j, In forecasting these groat troubles
and in devising mousuro. of relief, Mr.
Greeley bus shown singular wisdom
and courage, and it is not, thoroforo,
strange that he should bo a recognized
leader in the work. For one I join
bands with him with ploasure. I caro
not thai bo rx'iislea ma and 1 resisted
htm, "wYich wo'difforod, and 1 now car
to know Only that we agree on vital
tilings and that Mr. Greeley, if tlooted
i'roaideut will carry out this bond of
fellowship in good litith; nail on these
points I fool a woll assured a one'
oan be about human affairs, involved
in tho futuro.
I beliovo it to bo the fixod purpose'
of Mr. Greeley, nnd that bo has the
ability and courugo to carry out tbe .
spirit of the Cincinnati platform) und
that bo will not only insist upon em
nesty with universal application ; but
that th general policy and spirit of
bi administration will b haped to
beget good will and fraternal nffootion
amongst tbo peoplo ol all sections oi
our great country, and to intoroing
economy and honesty in the use of tbe
public money, and by recognising tbe
right ol Slate and citizens and sub
ordinating the military to tbo civil au
uioriiy.
liul 1 pcrcoivo his former psrtizans
are discovering great defect in hia
character, ana utleol to bo amazed
that Democrats should vote for bim.
Tbey say ho ia not fit tor the Presi
dency. Tbey may be sincere in this
or tbey may not ; but it seom lo mo
that it had been torlunale lor them
had this lively ooncero about fitness
como upon them boforo they selected
their own roan. It is not modest
iu those who nominated U. S. Grant,
Gen. Uarlranft, and Harrison Allon
to evince so much concern about tho
fitness of other candidate.
Some ot iheso critics accord to Mr.
Grooloy good intentions and fair abiU
Hies, but they affect. to discover great
uangcr in nis surronuuiugn, anu iv
does look as if hia surroundings, by
oloction time, would be to them dan
gerous vory dangerous. But thoir
alarm about tho dangers of bud com
pany doubtloss springs from a rather
soiry experience wi(,h the present in
cumbent, ana lor mar, rcuson tuoir
admonitions are entitled to eomo re
spect. There nro soma things wind) wo
may safely promise for tbo consola
tion of thoso sensitive custodians of
the public weal, to wit: that should
Mr. Grooloy be elected, whatever other
errors he may fall into, ho will never
nominato any one to Iho .treasury de
partment who is forbidden by law lo
hold the place, and then allorwara
oxomplify his own Ignorance of tho
public policy by asking Congress lo
make his nominee an exception to a
law that applied to every othor im
porting merchant in America. Nor
will ho over altompt to acquire St.
Domingo or any othor foreign terri
tory by a worthies treaty wilh a
tottering pretender to authority. Uo
will never waslo a million of the pub
lio money nor prostitute the govern
ment patronage to tbe accomplish
ment of any such folly as this. Suoli
things would bo tbo evidence of bud
surroundings.
And furthermore, should he ever
own "a coltugb at the sea" (and I
hopo bo never may), it would be paid
for out of bis own means ; and should
hejsubscribe lo any commonduble char
ity, he will permit no Fisk or Gould
to pay the money for him. 1 am also
assured that if elected bo will remain
at Washington moro than half tho
time, looking nflor the duties and dig
nities of his liigh office. And singular
as it may seem to the present incum
bent, it is said that Mr. Greeley has
tened lo accept tho nomination for tba
Presidency w ithout so much as stop
ping to count up what he oould maka
out of it or weighing tbo different)
bctwoen one and two terms ; and it is
suid, in addilion, that without consult
ing any ono, ho restricted himself lo
a single Presidential torm, for no other
consideration than to promote tbe
publio virtne and to inaugurate civil
service retorts la lua best way prao
tible.
But thoso who have attomptcd so
Creely to cast reproach upon Mr.
Greeley are, I think, beginning to
hide llioir beads with shame. JSvery
ntlorance from bim goes to convince
the public, that, in the exorcise of the
Presidential office, be will evince
great ability and courago, and a flow
of intelligence that will be very de
i - i , r . i .-. , . r
iigntiui alter ao long a term ui aunicu
felicities about the Presidential Man
sion. t
But many better things will be ac
complished in his election, and amongst
the best will bo tho inauguration of ait
era of good will, covering the wholo
country, and begetting true American
fellowship amongst the citttens of all
it part ; and tonding directly, aa such
fouling will, to bring relief to the im
poverished Stales, giving thorn, in
creased population, capital nnd gon-
ersi limit; a measure oi vital, impor
tance not only lo such weak Stales
but as affecting tbe growth and
general welfare of all tbo other.
With much esteem,
. Your obedient servant,
Wm. Bkiler.
"The Old Woman.1'
It was thus, a few dsys slnoe, we
heard a stripling of sixteen designate
the mother who cor bim.' liy ooarao
husbands wo have beard wives called
ao occasionally, though in the latter
case tho phruso is more often used
endearingly. At all times, as com
monly spoken, it jars upon the car
and shocks tho sense.
An "old woman" should be art .
object of revoronco above and beyond
most all olhor phases ot huuiauity.
Hur vory ago should bo her surest
passport to oourtoous consideration
She had fought faithfully "the good
fight," and onmo of conqueror. Upon
her vencrablo fuco she boars tbe
marks of the conflict in all its (arrow
ed lines.
Tba most grevlous ol tbe ills of life
have been hers; trials untold and
known only to God and herself, sho
hns born incessantly ; and now, in her
old age her duty dono I patiently
waiting hor appointed lime-she stand
more honorably and doservingly than
he who has slain his thousands or
stood triumphant upon the proudest
tioia or victory. -
Young men, speak kindly to your
mother and even courteously tender
ly of hor. But a little timo and you
will seo hor no more forovor. Ilor
eye Is dim, her form Is bor.t and bor
shadow fall graveward.
Others may lore you when h ha
passed away kind hearted sistors,
perhaps, or sho whom of all the world
you choose for a partner she may
love you warmly, passionately ; ehil.
dren may love you fondly, but never
i,ain, never, wliilo timo is yours, shall
the love of woman be lo you a Ihot
of your old trembling molhor bus
boen. ...
A negro named John Mitchell, Con
fined in jail at Covington, Tonnossoe,
for attempting lo outrago a young la
dy and nearly killing her in the at
tempt, was taken from jail on Thurs
day night by party of eitixens, who
overpowered the jailor after despe
rate resistance, and shot Mitchell.
The prisoner was a desperate charne.
bur, having killod two men within the ,
past year, nnd succeeded in eluding
tho officers until this lust outrage, ,